The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1968

Stirring Missionary Conference Special Week for Teens lli The Fourth Annual Mi ionary Conference held a t the En1manuel Bapti t Church, Toledo proved to be a b]es - jng to many. cen in the above pic ture are Rev. Ken N ichol , Youth Direc tor, ( ea tcd a t desk ) and young peo,ple of the Bles ed Hope Bapti t Church, pringfie ld , pl an ning their "special Weck for Teen ." Seen above are tho e mi ionarie who ,took part jn the conference. They are Dr. and Mrs. James Entner, Rev. and Mrs. Norman Nicklas and Rev. Ru sell Ebersole. . Key speaker for the conference was Rev. W. Thomas I Younger of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The theme was "A Heart For Missions." A number of decisions were made and some of the young people dedicated their lives for fu ll time service for the fir t time. The~ e special mee tings were held in 1n id -March and proved to be mos t ucces ft1l . The purpose wa to reach the " teens" of the pringfield area. The progran1 arranged wa f illed wi th good mt1sic good p,eake r , an exce llent f ilm - as well a , FOOD, FUN AND FELLOW HIP ! Mo t of the work in ett ing up th e program wa handled by the young people themselves. C D R -FM Co,ntinues to Grow Nothing is quite so thrilling as the development and growth of Cedar– ville College. From a smaill beginning, in a very short period of time, a miracle has taken place! Truly, the Lord has done the exceeding abund– antly above all that one could ask or think! With the Psalmist we say ... HThis is the Lord's doing, it is marvel– ous in our eyes !" No one phase of growth in the c ·ollege program has been more ex– ci t1ng th an that of its radio s tation W DR-FM. Growing from 10 watts to 3,650 watts in a four year period. WCDR-FM on the Cedarville campus has begun a new outsearoh into the surrounding cities of Dayton, Spring– fi eld and Xenia. T he station operale'i on an in– creased schedul e o f 7 : 00 a. m. to n1i<J - 11ight each day - Mond ay thro t1gh Frida y and 8 :00 a. n1 . to n1 id ni ght Saturday and Sund ay. he new pro– gran11ni r1g has been pic kecl up as fa r as All ega r1, Mich igan, 275 n1iles north and is reach ing a growing audi ence in . out11west ern Ohio. l' rogra1111n ing inclt1des ea y - lo- Ii ten-to-r11u ic st1 cJ1 as c lassical ancl THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST sacred inter per ed with news sports, pecial events, and special-in,teres t programs. The major thrust of the tation is to provide information, en– tertainment, and Chri tian empha is in a we ll-organized and tructured format. The station has adopted the theme, "Sound of the Worild's Beau tiful Music" as it broadcast :fiormat. News reporting, under the direc tion of ary T aylor, a junior a t Cedar– vill e, has expanded thi year to in– clud e local eve nt , road condition poli ce reports, and news of ervice- Mr. Gathany Checks Equipment men. New cas ts are given a t five n1int1te of the hour throughout the day with a major wr ap-up ·of new\; a nd ports each evening Gl!t 6 : 00 p .n1. The backbone of thi tation i it n1anager Mr. Paul Gathany, a gradt1- a te of Cedarville College. He now erve the co llege a a member of it facuity, and aJ o holds a f ir t cla ' engi nee r's li cen e and d irect. the taff. An in1por tant fea lt1re of the ta- t ion' progr an1ming i it on-the- p·ot cove rage of edarv iJle' ' Y 1 w J acke t ' ' - the coll ge' ba ketball tean1. 11 gan1e are covered whether they are a t h n1c r away. The ta tion i c. p cially uniqt1 in th at it i taffcd t tall y by tt1d nt .. wh work withot1t pay. The tati n opera te n li111 it ci ht1 lget with 111t1 ch of it . c ~p,lnsi n cl pen(ient llp– on tlonflt io n . he CO\ t of "taf f i11g ... the sta tion pr fe sli ior1all · '" it h 1tle11t i- cal progrit 111111i11g has l1ce11 \.:~ t1111a tcLi :1 1 nearl y $45,000 a nnnt1a ll )' W t i rg ' ot1 r rc,1ct rs t <.l pra ' for 1r . (inthan}' anll l1i ~ sta.f l. I ~t ti s J)rai 'it! the 1 ...or I fc)r 1-l t\ J1,111ll i11 cat1, ing ' c lar, 1 ill t to 111 )\' l: al1ealf ! MAY, 1968 9 I I I I